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Girl Wounded by Stray Bullet in Bronx

A 9-year-old girl was wounded on Friday after being shot in the stomach by a stray bullet in the Bronx, the police said.

The gunman, riding a BMX-style bicycle, fired several shots, the police said. The girl was not believed to have been the target of the bullets, a police spokesman said, but it was not immediately clear at whom they were aimed.

The girl, who had not been named, was taken to Jacobi Medical Center, where she was in stable condition.

The shooting happened about 9:20 p.m. Friday in front of 3340 Bailey Avenue in Kingsbridge, the police said.

Edgardo Marrero, 45, who lives near the girl in the neighborhood, said he thought the shooting was retaliation for a fight that occurred earlier in the week. Mr. Marrero said violence in the neighborhood was common and that he worried about letting his children go out to play.

The shooting comes less than a month after a 14-year-old girl was shot and killed while riding a Q6 bus in Queens. In that episode, at least nine bullets were fired into the side of the bus, one of them striking the girl, D’aja Robinson, in the temple. Detectives said they did not believe she was the target.